SSS DieCember Blog Hop, Dimensional Rectangles

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Happy Saturday!  Today I'm taking part in a fun hop showing off the new DieCember release from Simon Says Stamp.  You should be arriving from Alberto Gava's blog, but I'll have the full blog hop list at the end of this post if you need it.

It's not a good hop if there aren't prizes right?  Not only is Simon offering the Merry on a Line die set for free with any $25 purchase this weekend (use code MERRY at checkout), but they'll be choosing one commenter from every step along the hop to receive $25 to spend in the store!  

My cards feature my latest design for Simon, Dimensional Rectangles.  It's a set of four stencils that create this really fun background.

My first couple cards show off the basic design of the stencil.  For the green card, I used Aspen, Sage, Pine, and Flannel inks.  These were stenciled over a very subtle patterned paper.  

The finished panel was trimmed down, matted, and added to my card base.  I finished things off with the Yay You sentiment die and a secondary sentiment from the Reverse Yay sentiment strips.

For the blue version, I used that same patterned paper again, but this time used Morning, Twilight, Galaxy, and Flannel ink

The sentiment is from the XL Stacked Greetings set.

Because I stenciled on 6x6 paper, I had a couple rows of each of the blue and green pattern left from the previous cards, and I didn't want those to go to waste, so for this next card, I adhered the strips to a base piece of white cardstock, alternating the colors and offsetting the pattern.

I used the Basic Box Card Happy Birthday die for the sentiment, inking up a piece of white cardstock with Twilight and just a bit of Galaxy ink to get that ombre look before die cutting the sentiment.

It's December, so I really couldn't get away without creating a couple Christmas cards.

To do so, I did some selective inking with the stencils to create borders to frame each of my sentiments.  This is pretty easy to do since the rectangles are in rows, so masking off is easy.

For this first card, I used Celery, Limelicious, and Pearfection ink, and gold embossed the last layer.

The sentiment once again features my go to Merry and Bright die along with that fantastic Matte Gold cardstock.  I also used the stars that come with the die set to add a bit of embellishment, again with the Matte Gold.

This next card features Celery, Limelicious, and Watermelon ink along with a final gold embossed layer.

The sentiment is from the Holiday Greetings set and was also embossed in gold.

That's all for me today, but your next stop is Anna-Karin Evaldsson, and I have the full hop list below if you need it.  Enjoy all the inspiration and have a great weekend!

Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
Laura Bassen
Debby Hughes
Alberto Gava
Miriam Prantner
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Amanda Korotkova
Mindy Eggen
Emma Williams
Cheiron Brandon
Heather Hoffman
Emily Midgett
Lea Lawson
Sandi MacIver
Kim Hamilton